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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SCORECARD NO TITLES WITH LONGEVITY Paperback Nonfiction

PUB. DATE

December 2003

SOURCE

Book Publishing Report;12/29/2003, Vol. 28 Issue 50, p7

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents the chart depicting the bestseller scorecard of the newspaper "The New York Times" for paperback nonfiction books in the U.S. as of December 28, 2003. Book title; Author of the book; Literary agent.

Focuses on nonfiction books and biographical titles on the best-selling hardcover list of the 'New York Times' newspaper. Book buyers' interest in historical books; Inclusion of the books 'Founding Brothers,' from Knopf, 'Constantine's Sword,' from Houghton Mifflin and 'IBM and the Holocaust'...

The article reports on the decline in the number of books on the hardcover nonfiction list of "The New York Times" in the U.S. The average hardcover nonfiction title had spent 6.3 weeks on the list in 2005, a 28 percent increase over the 4.9 week average in 2004. Penguin Group company was the...

Critiques the books in the `New York Times' top ten bestselling fiction as of May 15, 1994 to evaluate the significance of best-selling charts as a culture barometer. `Like Water for Chocolate,' by Laura Esquivel; `Disclosure' by Michael Crichton; `Lovers' by Judith Krantz; `The Alienist,' by...

Focuses on the advice, how-to and miscellaneous bestseller lists of 'The New York Times' newspaper as of January 21, 2002. Top position held by 'The Prayer of Jabez,' by David Kopp, on the hardcover bestseller list; Top position held by 'The Four Agreements,' by Don Miguel Ruiz on the paperback...

Reports that the `New York Times' bestseller list has been discarded by biggest booksellers in the United States. Comments from `New York Times' surveys editor Michael Kagay; Book that is not on the list in the August 2000 issue; Strategy to prevent deep-pocketed authors from buying a place on...

Reports that the decision of 'The New York Times' to separate its children's list from the traditional adult list has allowed more book titles to earn best-seller status in the United States in the third quarter of 2000. Number of hardcovers and paperbacks that appeared on the bestseller list...